Travis Hunter says he would 'never' play football again if an NFL team only let him play one side of the ball

Travis Hunter has a connection for NFL teams who would lone privation him to play connected 1 broadside of the ball, whether that beryllium cornerback oregon wide receiver. 

Hunter, 21, won the Heisman Trophy aft helium dominated the contention arsenic some a wide receiver and cornerback. When asked if an NFL squad were to archer him helium could lone play 1 position, Hunter said helium would alternatively not play astatine all.

"It's ne'er playing shot again," Hunter told CBS Sports past week. "Because I've been doing it my full life, and I emotion being connected the shot field. I consciousness similar I could predominate connected each broadside of the ball, truthful I truly bask doing it."

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Dec 14, 2024; New York, NY, USA; Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter answers questions during media interviews earlier the 2024 Heisman Trophy Presentation. (Lucas Boland-Imagn Images)

Hunter excelled arsenic a two-way subordinate past play portion playing an exceptionally precocious fig of snaps for Colorado. Last season, Hunter played 713 snaps connected discourtesy and 748 snaps connected defence and was inactive incredibly productive contempt the tremendous magnitude of snaps.

Hunter had 96 catches for 1,258 yards with 15 touchdowns arsenic a wide receiver, portion helium had 35 tackles with 4 interceptions, 11 passes defended, and 1 forced fumble arsenic a cornerback.

The apical NFL Draft imaginable told CBS Sports that nary squad has asked him to lone play one-way, but if a squad decides to inquire him to play one-way successful the future, they already person their answer. 

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Cornerback Travis Hunter #12 of the Colorado Buffaloes hits the Heisman Pose aft making an interception during the crippled against the UCF Knights astatine FBC Mortgage Stadium connected September 28, 2024 successful Orlando, Florida. The Buffaloes defeated the Knights 48 to 21.  (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

The Tennessee Titans look locked successful connected taking Miami backmost Cam Ward with the No. 1 wide pick, which would permission the Cleveland Browns with a accidental to prime Hunter, prima walk rusher Abdul Carter, oregon Hunter’s assemblage teammate Shedeur Sanders.

Browns wide manager Andrew Berry spoke astir what presumption helium views Hunter arsenic astatine the NFL Combine successful February. 

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Sep 28, 2024; Orlando, Florida, USA; Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Travis Hunter (12) scores a touchdown against the UCF Knights during the archetypal 4th astatine FBC Mortgage Stadium. (Mike Watters-Imagn Images)

"In presumption of Travis Hunter, cornerback oregon receiver, the reply is 'yes.' He tin play both, and I deliberation that's what makes him special. But we would spot him arsenic a receiver chiefly first. But I deliberation what makes him a spot of a unicorn is that helium tin bash some astatine a precocious level."

If Hunter dominates some sides of the shot similar helium did astatine the assemblage level, the NFL squad that drafts him volition beryllium precise happy. 

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